Workshops with Jane Dalton

In these workshops it is my vision to strengthen the heart's wisdom through a variety of experiential activities and heart-centered practices. Heart-centered learning whether in the classroom or one's personal life is twofold, both internal and external, experiencing and expressing. I offer creative workshops dedicated to providing experiential practices and resources for teachers and adults that inspires spiritual awareness, personal growth and creativity. Workshops are imaginative, renewing and creative!

Intuitive Mandala
High School Student

Workshop formats are available for teacher enrichment, adult workshops and community outreach, and can be 1, 2 or 3 days in length, or custom designed for a particular event.

For school administrators I am available for onsite workshops, staff development and curriculum design.

Individual coaching for teachers is available. I will work one-on-one, assisting teachers to develop personal and professional tools for integrating heart-centered and creative curriculum in the classroom.
 

About the workshops

Creating a Compassionate Classroom
(for educators)
Based upon the book, The Compassionate Classroom, this interactive workshop explores numerous creative and engaging activities for classroom usage that will encourage compassion, foster relationships, value intuition and spiritual diversity. Educators will enjoy the inspired and imaginative activities, which nourish the heart. In the classroom, students will benefit from these lessons, which provide a foundation from which they can develop a personal awareness comprised of wisdom, compassion, appreciation and awareness.

Students wrapping tree
with fabric and poetry

Affirming Diversity through Art
(for educators)
Want to integrate the arts across the curriculum? Explore creative and engaging lessons that foster a deeper understanding of the wealth and experiences shared by people worldwide. Successful and experiential lessons will be demonstrated that stimulate thought, expand boundaries and open imagination. Participants will explore a variety of materials, historical information, and practical applications that will stimulate children's creativity and vision.
 

Senufo cloth inspired by African designs

The Fabric of Hope
(for educators or community groups)
This workshop has evolved out of personal experience and the creative process. The inspiration which evolved from my deep personal interest in the spiritual and symbolic meaning of cloth across time, culture and religion. It is my hope to weave together understanding, compassion and peace in community, using fabric as the foundation to explore spiritual traditions and practices. Participants will work collaboratively with fabric and thread, stitching together their lives, hopes and dreams. This workshop is suited for teachers who want to explore religious diversity in the classroom, religious communities, interfaith celebrations, youth groups and any group whose goal is to promote peace, healing, understanding and hope. Each workshop is unique and geared towards the common theme established by the group. You can read about one project in an article I wrote for Teaching Tolerance magazine on a prayer quilt created in a high school, in Cary, North Carolina.
 

Prayer Quilt

Detail of the
prayer quilt

What people are saying about Jane's workshops

Inspirational! I will use the meditation technique at the beginning of faculty meetings.
Principal, Elementary School

Soulful, spiritual, connecting, authentic and useful-what more could I ask for? Thank you immensely. You helped me connect with what I love about teaching.
Assistant superintendent

Jane comes prepared with examples, handouts, enthusiasm, experience and knowledge.
N. Bradley, Handmade in America, Education Coordinator & Artist

This workshop was extremely useful. I have always wanted to make books-today I received the skills and technical knowledge to do it. Jane had so many integration ideas for all parts of our curriculum.
Gwen, Teacher, Art Space Charter School

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